Curtain-holder



m. 607,702. Patented July I9, 1393. u. s. PARISH & F. A. RUDOLPH.

CURTAIN HOLDER.

(Application filed Oct. 4, 1897.) (N 0 M 0 d e I W/ TNESSE N VE N 70/75x m: NOFIRVS FEYERS on, Pnmoumo. wAsnmsnm o c.

UNITED STATES P TENT OFFICE.

ULYSSES S. PARISH AND FLAVEL A. RUDOLPH, OF CARMI, IIJIJINOIS.

HOLDER.

SPEOIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 607,702, dated July 19,1898.

Application filed October 4, l 8 9 '7.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, ULYSSES S. PARISH and FLAVEL A. RUDOLPH, of Oarmi,in the county of White and State of Illinois, have invented a new andImproved Curtain-Holder, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

The invention relates to curtain-holders such as shown and described inthe application for Letters Patent of the United States, Serial No.631,139, filed by us on April 7, 1897, and allowed July 15, 1897.

The object of the present invention is to provide a new and improvedcurtain-holder arranged to securely look a' curtain in the desiredposition and prevent it from moving sidewise, especially in case thecurtain is somewhat narrow and does not overlap the sides of thewindow-frame.-

The invention consists principally of a specially-constructed lockingdevice for securely fastening the support for the curtain-roller frameto a depending rod.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forminga part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 isafront elevation of the improvement as applied. Fig. 2 is anenlarged trans- .verse section of the improvement on the line 2 2 ofFig. 1, and Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional plan view of the same on theline 3 3 of Fig. 1.

On the upper cross-bar of the window-frame A is secured a bracket B, inwhich. is secured the upper end of a depending rod 0, preferably madepolygonal in cross-section, as shown in Fig. 3, the rod dependingpreferably at the middle of the window, at the inside thereof, as shownin Fig. 1.

On the rod 0 is fitted to slide vertically a support D for alaterally-adj ustable frame E, provided at its ends withdownwardly-extending lugs, in which is journaled aroller F for thecurtain F. The supportD consists principally of an L-shaped plate formedin its horizontal member with an opening D, corresponding incross-section to the rod 0, so that the support is free to slide on thesaid rod and also free to be tilted slightly for the purpose hereinaftermore fully explained.

Near the lower end of the dependin g or ver- Serial No. 653,953. (Nomodel.)

tical arm D of the support D is formed an opening D for the passage ofpart of a lockingcatch G, formed at its inner end with an opening G,through which passes loosely the rod 0. The catch Gis provided withdownwardlyextending lugs G fulcrumed on a pivot H, held intransversely-extending lugs D projecting from the vertical member D ofthe support D. The catch G is pressed on near its inner end by a springI, coiled on the pivot II, and fastened with its other end 011 themember D of the support D.

The outer end of the catch G is connected with one end of a rope or cord.I, extending upwardly and passing over a pulley K, journaled in theouter end of the bracket B. The downwardly-extending end of the cord Jis under the control of the operator for raising or lowering thecurtain, as hereinafter more fully described.

The outer end of the catch G is formed with an offset G extendingupwardly and adapted to abut against a lug D projecting forwardly fromthe member D so as to limit the upward-swingin g motion of the outer endof the catch G.

Now by the arrangement described it will be seen that the support -Dengages the rod 0 at the horizontal member of the said sup port, and thesecond connection is made with the rod 0 by the catch G, pivoted on thelower end of the vertical member, so that when the cord J is slack thespringl holds the catch G in a slightly-inclined position, so that theweight of the frame E and the curtainF on the support D causes a firmlocking of the catch G on the rod G to securely hold the curtain F inplace.

Now when it is desired to raise or lower the frame E, carrying thecurtain roller F, the operator pulls on the downwardly-extending part ofthe cord J to swing the forward end of the catch G upward until itsprojection G abuts against the lug D and the said catch is moved into anapproximately horizontal position or at right angles to the rod 0 toallow a free up and down sliding of the support D with the catch G onthe rod 0.1 The'operator by further pulling on the end of the cord J cannow readily raise the support "D and the parts supported thereby byslightly releasing the end of the cord J. The support D is then lowered,and when the desired position of the curtain is reached and when theopen ator fully releases the cord J then the spring I immediatelyreturns the catch G into an inclined position to clamp the rod 0 and tosecurely lock the support D again to the rod 0. The support D, as wellas the catch G, is preferably made of sheet metal struck up to form thevarious parts, as described, so that the support and its catch can bevery cheaply manufactured. The support and catch are very durable andnot liable to get out of order.

The frame E is similar in construction to the one described in theapplication for Letters Patent referred tothat is, the frame is made oftwo members having longitudinal registering grooves for the passage ofthe bolts L, engaging lateral slots D formed in the horizontal member ofthe support D, to allow of adjusting the frame E laterally on the saidsupport, the bolts when slack also permitting of sliding the members E Ein a longitudinal direction,'either inward or outward, according to thewidth of the window-frame and the length of the curtain-roller.

Having thus fully described our invention, we claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent 1. In a curtain-holder, the combination of avertically-extending supported rod, a support slidable vertically on therod, a springpressed locking-catch pivotally mounted on the support andengaging with the rod to lock the support at various positions on therod, a cord attached to said catch and serving to move the same againstits spring and to permit the vertical movement of the support, and aframe-carried on the support and having the curtain hung therefrom.

2. The combination of a vertically-extending rod, an L-shaped frame, onemember of which is provided with an orifice slidably receiving the rod,and the other member of which is provided with an orifice bounded onone-side by a lug, a locking-catch pivotally mounted on said othermember of the support and extending through the orifice therein andcoacting with the rod tolock the support with the rod, the locking-catchbeing limited in its movement by the said lug, a spring pressing thelocking-catch, a cord attached to the locking-catch, and a frame carriedon the support and having the curtain hung therefrom.

ULYSSES S. PARISH. FLAVEL A. RUDOLPH. Witnesses:

Roy E. PEARCE, D. R. RICKENBACH.

